Self-conscious

Selfˊ-con′scious

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Adj.

1.

Conscious of one’s acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.

“My self-conscious worth.”

Dryden.

2.

Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others;

as, the speaker was too

self-conscious

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Adj.

[self and conscious.] Conscious in one's self.

See also: selfconscious

self-conscious ‎(comparative more self-conscious, superlative most self-conscious)

Aware of oneself as an individual being.
Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
  
  “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
Socially ill at ease.

aware of oneself as an individual being

uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour

socially ill at ease